Harper’s Weekly – November 28, 1863

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | November 28, 1863

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:homerjsimpson/index?tab=articles

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4198330/posts

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The Texas Expedition – 1-2
To Men – 2
Chattanooga – 2, 5-7, 11, 15-16
Proclamation: by Horatio Seymour – 3
The Situation – 3
British Journalism – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Army and Navy Items – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 5-6
Foreign News – 6
Meave, Schoolmistress – 8-10
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. Ch. XLVII – 12-14
Miss Chase’s Wedding Jewels – 15
Major-General Washburne – 15
The Army of the Potomac – 15, 17
Humors of the Day – 16
Drawing Things to a Head – 16

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Continued from Continued from November 27 (reply #52).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4198330/posts?q=1&;page=51#52

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 28, 1863 (“I thought that our wedding day would be celebrated by a great battle, but so it was not fated.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_31.html

Dr. Seth Rogers to his daughter Dolly, November 28, 1863 (“I am ashamed of any regrets at leaving and filled only with gratitude that I have been permitted to help this race begin to assert its rights to freedom.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/08/dr-seth-rogers-to-his-daughter-dolly_10.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: November 28, 1863 (“Have an old store for the Commissary, storehouse below and office above. Cleaned up and put up a stove.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-luman-harris_61.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 28, 1863 (“A man taken outside to-day, bucked and gagged for talking with a guard; a severe punishment this very cold weather.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_30.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, November 28, 1863 (“This morning three companies are detailed to escort back to Corinth the teams that hauled the Division’s camp and garrison equipage to the river.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/01/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_68.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 28, 1863 (“The want of men is our greatest want, and I think it probable Congress will repeal the Substitute Law, and perhaps the Exemption Act.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_21.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: November 28, 1863 (“To-day the whole army is throwing up breastworks. The sharpshooters are out in front, my corps out to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-november-28.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #3
Johnny Green, #4
John Hay, #5
Mary B. Chesnut, #6
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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Continued from November 25 (reply #42).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4198330/posts#42

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from November 25 (reply #42).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4198330/posts#42

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 29, 1863 (“I rode to and along our front to see the enemy’s position, which is a fearfully strong one.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: November 29, 1863 (“Read several chapters in Bible. Have neglected reading Bible too much since I have been in the army. Borrowed “English Orphans” and reviewed it. Good story.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-luman-harris_16.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, November 29, 1863 (“The three companies sent with the teams to Corinth return to-day. The order this evening is to be ready to move in the morning.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/01/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_25.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: November 29, 1863 (“Ours again to-day, but not as hard as before, but heavy enough. The cannonading is getting heavier.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-november-29.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #9
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #10
John Jackman, #11
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

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Continued from Continued from November 28 (reply #3).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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James Russell Lowell to James T. Fields, November 30, 1863 (Perhaps this is the poem Lowell describes for his publisher => https://allpoetry.com/Memoriae-Positum:-R-G-Shaw )

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/james-russell-lowell-to-james-t-fields_24.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 30, 1863 (At Gen. Warren’s suggestion, Gen. Meade cancels the attack.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_2.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: November 30, 1863 (“Yesterday morning firing heard in the direction of Knoxville, very heavy. None since. Rebels thought to be leaving.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-luman-harris_15.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 30, 1863 (“Talk a great deal about making our escape but there is not much prospect. We are very strongly guarded with artillery bearing on every part of the prison.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_31.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, November 30, 1863 (“This morning the regiment starts over the hills towards Pulaski, Tennessee; and moves on the Waynesboro road. Night coming on we go into camp at Pin Hook.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/01/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose.html

From the 8th Iowa Cavalry (“I tell you, dear friends, I believe a letter is nowhere so much appreciated as when received in the army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/02/from-8th-iowa-cavalry.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Monday, November 30, 1863 (The Morgans get a letter from James Morris Morgan, serving on the C.S.S. Georgia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sarah-morgan-monday-november.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #14
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #15
John Jackman, #16
Mary B. Chesnut, #17
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #18

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Continued from November 30 (reply #14).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell